11/26/09 Starting way late but am going to start as it will help to motivate me I think. During my trip, while I was sick and not eating a lot, what I did eat was often not the right things. Thank God I had already started on medication but I still feel I need to get back on track with eating properly for consistently stable blood sugars. So I want to make and keep the habit of eating the right number of carb servings to do this. I did't count carbs today, unfortunately (gotten out of the habit) but I do know my weight was 161 this am. 1 pt. ETA: forgot to say that I can have up to 12 carb servings/day and that is without meds. Now I am on meds and I don't know if that changes things but I am just keeping to that as a daily goal for now as it should help with weightloss too.
11/27/09 160 lbs, 11 carb servings. 2 pts
11/28/09 159.5 lbs, 8 carb servings. 2 pts
11/29/09 158.5 lbs, bs high but think it might be the cough drops I use in the night, 11 carb servings but high on calories today. 2 pts.
11/30/09 158.5 lbs, bs only slightly high, calories ok, 11 carb servings, 2 pts.
12/1/09 159 lbs, 12 carb servings 2 pts
12/2/09 159 lbs, whoops, over on carbs (and calories!) 1 pt.
12/3/09 159 lbs, 12 carb servings 2 pts
12/4/09 158 lbs, over 1 pts. (corrected)
12/5/09 159 lbs., a little high 1 pt.
12/6/09 159 LBS, bad day..way over on calories and carbs! 1 pt.
12/7/09 158.5 lbs. 10 carb servings 2 pts
12/8/09 158.5 lbs, dr visit..lost 2 lbs on his scale...A1c 6.6, but went way over today on cal and carbs. 1 pt.
12/9/09 159.5 lbs, over on everything!1pt
12/10/09 161.5 LBS over and forgot to post 0 pts
12/11/09 161.5 lbs., think a little high 1 pts.
12/12/09 160.5, been a crazy day and I lost track. 1 pt.
12/13/09 160 lbs. did fine all day but messed up badly in evening when we starting eating my homemade Christmas bread! :-( 1 pt.
12/14/09 160 lbs. 12 carb servings! 2 pts.
12/15/09 158.5, little over 1 pts
12/16/09 157!! YEA!! calories high kinda high but carb servings good. 2 pts.
12/17/09 157.5 uh-oh :-( 1 pt.
12/18/09 161.5!!!! YIKES! little high 1 pt
12/19/09 161 lbs. didn't track all day but think went over 1 pt.
12/20/09 161.5!! 1 pt
12/21/09 161.5! Christmas eating is defeating me!! 1 pt
12/22/09 162!! But did well today. 2 pts
12/23/09 161.5 lbs, BAD day!! 1 pt
12/24/09 162 lbs! bad 1 pt
missed posting yesterday but it was a bad day for dieting!0 pt
12/26/09 166!!! still not good 1 pt.
12/27/09 164.5 lbs. not good. 1 pt.
12/28/09 165.5!! 1 pt
12/29/09 165 better but still high 1 pt
12/30/09 165 1pt
12/31/09 forgot to post 1 pt.

Well, I realize it's the holiday season but it is still frustrating to know that I gained 6 lbs in Dec!!
The good news it is that I dipped lower this month than I have been in a long time, so hopefullyi I can see that number again soon!

01/01/10 165.5 1 pt.
01/02/10 166!! 12 carb servings. 2 pts!! :-)
01/03/10 164 lbs little less than 11 carb servings 2 pts
01/03/10 162.5 lbs. 10 carb servings 2 pts
01/04/10 164 not good and forgot to post. 0 pts
01/05/10 164.5 leaving on another long trip soon so will probably be too busy to post for a while. Will post when I have service on the road. carbs good 2 pts.
01/06/10 164, good day 2 pts
01/07 102.5 traveling unable to post carbs too high 0 pts
01/08/10 164 carbs high 1 pt.
01/09/10 163.5 think carbs high 1 pt
01/10 no internet but weight was 163 and too many carbs 0 pts
01/11/ 162 unable to post yesterday as internet not working..over on carbs but am adding another goal ..I want to exercise (probalby walk at least 30 min.)
01/12 163.5 walked 30 min. did well today 2 pts
01/13 162.5 walked 33 min but went over a little bit on carbs. 1 pt.
01/14 160.5 walked 31 min. carbs good 2 pts.
01/20 158.5 walked about 6 min. have a bad cold. carbs good. 1 pt.
01/21 161.5, no exercise, carbs slightly high I think. 0 pts
01/22 160.5, no exercise, carbs ok, 0 pts
01/23 160.5, walked 5 min kinda slow, still sick, carbs high 0 pts
01/24 162, another bad day. 0 pts
01/30 158, very poor (and limited!) internet service, but wanted you to know I am doing pretty well. Just started back walking (30 min) but have been carefully watching my calories and carbs and doing well with both. I'm not in this so much for the challenge prize as for the accountibility anyway.
1/31 159 ate out yesterday and got too many calories but carbs were ok and I did walk a lot. Today have not walked except with shopping. I am happy though cause I lost 6.5 lbs in January!! Yea!!

Hi Kim,
I just joined this morning! Yippee!!
Congratulations on your 7 lb. loss for the first week of "Crack"!!!! I know the first week was hard, I felt like a rabbit by the end of the week, but it's going to get better from here on out.

I'm on week 5 because I'm not counting the special week for Thanksgiving we did. So really this is my 6th week. Doing great! I've lost 13 pounds!! This is so amazing!!!

I never dreamed I'd lose this menopause fluff that I put on almost two years ago. Never hungry, never want desserts. I did have a legal fudgesicle on my B day and enjoyed that. Usually skip the last snack at night cause I'm too full. DH is so supportive of me. We've gone out to lunch a couple times and he always asks where we can go so I can stay on the program. Been out to breakfast and always bring home the huge delicious muffin and stick it in the freezer for him for later.

Have to see what forums to join, they all look like fun. Think I'll do the 50+ at least. Then I'll see about any others. Have to learn how to maneuver around this site.

You have a great week!! Keep on Crackin!!

See ya lighter!!

Carol

Carol!

Awesome on you Loss!

Check out this "Crack/Conquer" weekly thread that I started here....
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/carb...14-2009-a.html

YES, the 50+ is a great group, I have joined that one....

NOW...unless you are going to join in with the Challenge...hint, hint, hint - we might want to carry this conversation on the "CRACK" thread, OK?

See ya Lighter!
Kim

Well, we are about 1/2 way through this challenge. How is everyone doing with the new habit?

I am eating more vegetables & drinking vegetable juice every morning. My juicer cap dropped and broke, but I've been drinking V-8 while I wait for the replacement cap.

Lynn